“Hate the sin. Love the sinner.”  (Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum, which translates roughly to “With love for mankind and hatred of sins.”)

-St. Augustine, Letter 211 (c. 424)

For Reflection:

Such simple words, but words so hard to live! Why is it difficult to separate the sin from the sinner? What virtue will most help me to accomplish this goal?

Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel on Prayer.
Fr. Thomas Dubay,SM  Pb 358 pgs

Chapter One Page 7  Buddhist “contemplation” is impersonal, not a love matter at all, whereas that represented by Teresa and John is preeminently a profound personal love union with God. The Buddhist writer neither affirms nor denies God; he simply has nothing to say about communing with the supreme Being.